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Adept PDF to Word Converter 3.70 ήταν διαθέσιμο ως προσφορά στις 20 Μαρτίου 2017!
Το Adept PDF to Word Converter είναι ένα πρόγραμμα για να μετατρέψετε το Adobe PDF έγγραφα σε μορφή Microsoft Word, με ελάχιστη απώλεια πληροφοριών μορφοποίησης. Αυτό το βοηθητικό πρόγραμμα μετατροπής αμέσως μετατρέπει αρχεία PDF σε μορφοποιημένα έγγραφα MS Word, διατηρώντας τη διάταξη και τα γραφικά.
Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003/ VISTA/ 7/ 8/ 10 or above
Quick and easy download, install and activation. Unknown developer of obfuscated location. Weird off-putting EULA which unsuccessfully rewrites that belonging to an entirely different software last heard of back in Win95 days. The question inevitably arises as to if this offering is actually a re-badged product from a different developer.
Tested on four different files, two of them originally prepared by the test computer, two of them commercial downloads from commercial websites.
Of the two prepared on the test computer, the first -- a single page -- was converted with 100% accuracy but editing was a hassle due to the need to constantly re-size text boxes to prevent line bounce. The second document, of 14 pages, comprising a single image and two paras of text per page, defeated the software entirely: it found all the images but lost all the text (in both 'Easy Read' and 'Easy Edit' mode.)
Of the two pdf files downloaded from commercial websites, conversion was 100% accurate but, again, editing a hassle. Text boxes needed re-sizing to contend with line bounce; boundaries often remained quirkily impervious to adjustment with the result that text finished up being written on top of existing text in unintelligible outcome. It was noticeable that in one pdf file -- of a 12-page brochure -- text editing resulted in entire lines whiting out, including text lines that had not been subject to revision anyway. The only way to determine if editing had been successful was to scroll further through the .doc then reverse to allow refreshing.
As pdfs (most often in a commercial environment) can be marked up / edited with expensive Adobe software, the need for pdf to Word conversion is pretty minimal. At home, where such software is unlikely to figure in the average user's programs armory, then yes, there's a place for it. This software, however, though it impresses - generally -- with its conversion capabilities, didn't impress on test with post-conversion tasks.
One caveat does need to be born in mind though: this kind of conversion work is considerably more complex than might appear on the surface. The processes involved are capricious in that what they result in on one computer may not necessarily be what they result in on another: a computer's individual configuration can affect the outcome.
In my case, I need -- though very infrequently -- to convert a pdf file for the purposes of editing, not for the purposes of merely converting it, sitting back, and looking at it. On that basis then, thanks GOTD and thanks to today's developer, but this isn't for me. Uninstalled.
Converted to Word - Yes.
Document is NOT editable in Word.
It is just an image in Word. Not very useful.
Downloaded and installed on Windows 10 Home (64). Installation and registration was effortless and quick. I tried this out on a simple 1-page PDF that includes a table, and I was amazed at how fast the conversion took place. I have only one minor complaint: the table seems to have moved up on the converted page so that it appears to start underneath a previous item. Maybe it skipped a blank line. Not a real problem as I can now edit it in Word.
Thanks Adept and GAOTD for making this available.
I'm happy to say the program converted a pdf file preserving all hyperlinks !
(I noticed Word 2003 had to convert the newly created doc file to able to open it)
Word 2007 in compatibility mode could save the file as docx reducing it's size significantly.
Although "Adept PDF to Word" doesn't seem to need MS Word or MS Office to be installed the file couldn't be opened properly using Atlantis.
Maybe some of the other alternatives to MS Office can,so please let me know.
Take care.
I just installed and tested the program. This is what I found.
If the PDF file has actual text that can be copied and pasted then this program works as expected.
If the PDF file is actual an image of text (were the text was converted to graphics when the PDF file was created), then you will end up with an image in the resulting Word Doc.
This program does NOT do OCR - the ability to edit the Word doc is entirely dependent upon how the original PDF was created.
The only time this software is worth using is when the PDF file is of the first type described above AND you want the resulting format as close to the original as possible.
I will not not keeping the program as 90% of the time my situation doesn't match the limited usefulness as described above.


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Monday Mornings alum Emily Swallow has landed a multi-episode arc on The Mentalist, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
As first reported by TVLine.com, Swallow will play Kim Fischer, a mysterious woman who will have an influence on Jane's life.
More of the new season's biggest cast shake-ups
With the impending exits of Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman, the actress, whose credits also include Ringer and Southland, has the potential to become a series regular.
The Mentalist returns on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 10/9c on CBS.
(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)

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Moments after unveiling the Lotus Evora, Lotus Group CEO Mike Kimberley announced the brand would continue its expansion with two more new platforms. This means Lotus will be shifting to a three-platform model, with the Elise and Europa on the smallest chassis, the Evora occupying the second platform and a new, high-performance mid-engined supercar on a third, expected to debut in 2010. To top it off, Kimberly stated all three platforms would be refreshed or debuted within the next five years.
Jalopnik Snap Judgement: Despite Lotus producing the Evora in a mere 21 months and they're expanding operations globally, given the size of Lotus operations under the guidance of Proton, this three-platform plan seems extremely ambitious. But the real news is still that new mid-engined supercar. Given the existing lineup, starting with a four-banger in the smallest chassis, and now the six-cylinder Evora, a V8 seems the logical next step, and a Toyota V8 at that (Toyota 4.7-liter, anyone?). Despite our fervent wishes to see the return of the Esprit, we think it's probably unlikely they'll drink from the fountain of retro, so expect yet another new "E" name to remember.
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In laboratories and startups across China, tinkerers with big dreams are pushing what many in the industry see as a potential new wave of Chinese innovation. They see smart gadgets—wearables and other devices that connect to the Internet or interact with users—as an opportunity to create...
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2016 Heatmap comparison
Any plans to update the heat map to include 2016 data to compare with 2015 and 2014? My city has added a number of new bike lanes and I would like to use this to show the impact of improved infrastructure.
Any plans to update the heat map to include 2016 data to compare with 2015 and 2014? My city has added a number of new bike lanes and I would like to use this to show the impact of improved infrastructure.
The updated heatmap is out. See our blog or view the global heatmap.
The heatmap is not yet available in the Strava Routebuilder but we hope it will be soon.
**Correction: the new global heatmap is available in the Routebuilder now.
And I need the 2016 heat map to improve OpenStreetMap.
From what I know the heat map was something from Paul Mach.
But as he left the company, I don't know if someone will care.
Would be great to get an 2016 update!
It's a useful "appetizer" for strava metro and shows the increased usage of bicycle infrastructure. Additionally, it visualizes how many people are using strava. For me personally, I like to use the heatmap to identify popular routes and tracks. The 2015 data are not up-to-date anymore, e.g. two heavily used bridges in 2015 are not available anymore in my area.
It will be great.
2nd the request for an updated globa heatmap! Helps keep you on heavily cycled routes when traveling for business. Please help cyclists stay safe!
As a runner, I would like to see an updated 2016 heatmap. It helps me understand the infrastructure in my neighborhood and uncover hidden gems. I found one of my favorite routes using the 2014/2015 heatmap that I would have otherwise overlooked.
Another request for the 2016 heatmap data.
Another request for the 2016 Heat Map. Thanks!
Strava here is another request for the 2016 heat map, please and thanks!
Here's another request for a 2016 heat map update, pretty please.
Please update this feature. It's extremely important for planing bike trips and mapping in OSM.
I am also looking for the 2016 update to the heatmap. Any chance of this happening?
The heat maps help us see how improvements in infrastructure result in more usage and new routes. It's a huge benefit to the community.
Rumor has it they are starting to charge for the heat map. This may explain the lack of response.
If so, it's a sad day for open mapping.
Sorry to keep you all waiting! We have spoken to the Metro team about a 2016 heatmap. The only thing holding us back is resources. We don't have the resources available right now to make a 2016 version happen - the code for the comparison tool needs some additional development work to support 2016 as well as compiling the heatmap data for 2016. Keep leaving your comments and we hope to consider this project as soon as our bandwidth allows.
2016 data would be bananas.
Isn't 2016 data being used in the Clusterer Tool? Based on that, it seems like the data needed as already been aggregated?
I would guess someone needs to add the capability to see 2014 v 2015 v 2016 and put it on the layer, I'd be happy with 2016 v 2014.
Please add the 2016 data before we're halfway through 2017!
Please update!!! Extremely useful for route planning.
Another vote for 2016 data. Metro is a great resource for traveling to the cities already listed there. But I get sent on business trips all over - and rarely if ever to cities that even warrant an online article as to where people run.
And so I'm stuck just guessing at it - or worse, sticking to the hotel treadmill...
Strava heat maps have been important in years past for local mountain bikers to show land owners the usage on the land. Please consider the positive impact this has on communications with local, state, and federal land managers.
Heatmap is a good advertisement for strava. I'm from Russia. We created a group for our city and advertised to use strava because our city was not visible on Heatmap. Now there are 700 people in our group. And we are very much looking forward to the update of 2016, we all tried very hard to make our city visible on this map. Please make an update for last year !!!
Our group https://www.strava.com/clubs/117491
Yes - Would really like to see an updated version.
The heatmap information is so valuable - it's like magic! Please keep it updated with current data! It is like a community-created crowdsourced map. It is amazing to me that Strava hasn't integrated it more fully into the app and website. When I travel, the heatmap allows me to easily find the best routes to ride, and it allows me to plan routes locally too. Please don't let this quietly fade away -- please keep updating the data, and promote the heatmap more in your app and website.
For example, it would be awesome to someday be on a mountain bike ride and just be able to look at an intersection in the trail in realtime and "see" the heatmap with my position overlaid onto it, letting me choose to stay on the Main Line, or choose the Path Less Travelled. Now THAT would be a feature I'd upgrade to premium to get.
Comparison tool is not important for me and comparison can be done manually just using two browser windows, so please focus just on the heatmap data so we can use it in Route Builder.
There're many neighborhoods in my area that connect with short pedestrian paths and most people don't know they're there, but your heatmaps clearly show them. Most pedestrian paths provide a much needed route around dangerous motor vehicle intersections. Please update for safety sake.
I just received an email from Strava saying proudly that there are now 1 billion activities loaded by users.
Now please give us (partly) our data back by updating 2016 heatmap.
(I know, I've read Elle's post about limited resources).
As a local cycling advocacy group, we use Strava's heat maps all the time to "explain" to our 8 local municipalities, their existing cycling networks and to seek improvements. One local municipality was so impressed with Strava Heat Maps, then purchased your Metro Data. As others have mentioned, as the data gets older, it soon becomes less valuable or reliable. So you got many votes from the 2000 people in our cycling advocacy group, many who are Strava premium user and contributors! I love what Mike Stafford above said "It is like a community-created crowd sourced map". I also use it to do route planning on cycling trips to other places around the world.
The heatmap is a great resource for learning new routes - mapping tools don't understand what makes for a good or bad riding experience, so seeing what routes other riders take is really useful for learning.
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Total Computer Technology has been working in the industry since 1997 and has built a solid reputation for handling all facets of IT. Our experience and knowledge has been enhanced through working with small, medium and large businesses throughout Australia.
For many of our clients, we are an extension of their business, a true business partner. We do this by analysing what they have, planning what they need, implementing to the plan; and maintaining IT proactively. We believe in providing an outstanding level of client satisfaction, which is proven by our high rate of repeat business. For TCT clients, it just works.
Your business matters to us
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Progressive new approaches to medical education aim to give doctors-in-training more practical, hands-on experience.
For a hundred years, medical education has remained pretty much the same: two years of didactic, classroom-based learning followed by two years of clinical rotations. But now, a rapidly changing healthcare system and exponentially increasing amounts of new data and research are forcing healthcare educators to take a good long look at the state of medical learning in the US. Talk to a few of these educators and some consistent themes emerge: medical learning should integrate clinical practice much earlier in the process, and medical learning needs to be competency-based rather than time-based.
Flipping the Medical School Classroom
It's those first two years of classroom learning that are getting a lot of scrutiny: Students sit passively in lectures without gaining the interpersonal skills they need to work with actual patients. As Scott Helf, chief technology officer and assistant dean of academic informatics at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, recalls, it wasn't until his third year of medical school that he saw his first patient. While this is a common scenario, Helf sees it as one that needs to change.
"What we learn in med school is that 80 percent of a good diagnosis comes from good communication and medical history," Helf pointed out. Establishing good communication and getting a detailed medical history rely on creating a rapport with a patient, earning the patient's trust.
"You have to have emotional intelligence to pick up on the nonverbal cues when you're with a patient," Helf added. "A patient might be there with a cough but be worried about being HIV positive. They're scared. The level of sensitivity is important."
The flipped classroom model is giving students a chance to practice strategic patient-interaction skills sooner. Lecture and other didactic learning is moved online, and students come to the flipped class already knowledgeable about the content. Then, through interaction with their professors, fellow students and a variety of electronic and live simulations, they master that information.
The UC Irvine School of Medicine has supported the flipped model by digitizing just about all of the learning content that students use. Warren Wiechmann, associate dean of instructional technologies and assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine, said that making the content available on iPads means that students have a lot of flexibility around where, when and how they learn.
"This leads to more small group discussion and applied knowledge," Wiechmann said. Students can work through modules at home, including interactive sessions or simulations, then come to the lab for the hands-on piece.
Part of making in-person time more valuable includes rethinking who teaches what courses. Previously, many of the foundation courses at UCI have been taught by professors with Ph.D.s, Wiechmann said, while medical doctors did more of the clinical training. The medical school is finding that M.D.s, who are used to giving impromptu lessons on patient symptoms when making hospital rounds, are sometimes better suited to the flipped classroom because they excel at hands-on learning.
"The real way medicine works isn't multiple choice," Helf noted. "The idea is to get students more quickly through book knowledge to clinical knowledge, when they are thinking as a doctor, not as a student."
Speeding the Process
Another way to give doctors hands-on patient experience faster is by accelerating the time it takes to get through med school. This year, NYU Medical School started offering a three-year degree program for students who commit to a specific residency at NYU. This program covers the same material as the four-year curriculum, said Marc Triola, associate dean for educational informatics, associate professor of medicine and director at the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, "and it gives students the opportunity to be mentored by the clinical department that they're going into."
Triola pointed out that reducing the time students are in school not only cuts the substantial costs of their education, but also helps students get through all the various stages of medical training and become credentialed healthcare professionals faster.
At Western University of Health Sciences, a switch to competency-based learning is speeding the process for medical students. Robert Hasel, associate dean of simulation, immersion and digital learning for the College of Dental Medicine, noted that many students who come to med school already have advanced degrees in subjects like cellular biology. "Why should they have to sit through basic sciences for nine months?"
Helf and Hasel, colleagues in different departments, have a vision for competency-based learning that relies on adaptive learning technology. As each individual student interacts with the adaptive software, the technology gets to know the student's strengths, weaknesses and primary learning style. It then adapts lessons to provide the information the student needs in the format in which the student learns best.
With this approach, students can proceed through learning segments at their own pace. Some content areas can be quite accelerated, while remedial or reinforcing content is provided to help fill in knowledge gaps. The result is more thoroughly, consistently educated graduates.
Hasel and his team have implemented the Realize IT adaptive learning platform at the College of Dental Medicine. First, they identified the competencies that a dental school graduate needs to have and the different disciplines required to fulfill those competencies. From the competencies, they have generated a list of granular, stand-alone topics that support each competency.
"A topic is like a Lego," Hasel explained. In the dental school, there are about 20,000 Legos that students need to learn. Hasel's team plugged course material into Realize IT's adaptive learning engine, essentially building a wall of 20,000 learning Legos. Thanks to the modular format, if content becomes outdated, it can easily be replaced or revised.
"The engine is built on huge algorithms that are used to assess your path through the content as a learner," Hasel said. "It constantly assesses how you're doing and then it builds a database around you, and guides you to each Lego."
Two people taking the same class with the same expected outcome might go through the material in completely different ways, depending on their individual learning styles, but you can't move on until you master that Lego or that learning node.
Hasel's department has developed a couple of courses on a low-tech gaming mechanism that enables students to interact with the learning material through games of drag and drop, mix and match, hang man and picture IDs, among others. Each chapter consists of four or five games, and students work through the games repeatedly until they get 100 percent on each game. Each chapter culminates in a one-time log on test.
"If you have followed the protocols of the game, you'll cruise through the final," Hassel said, adding that students perform really well in the sections that use the games; the department plans to build more courses this way.
According to Hasel, the adaptive platform has enabled his department to free up seven weeks in the 2,000-hour "classroom" curriculum by eliminating the redundant and irrelevant topics and by integrating the different groups that cover the same content, such as suturing. Now those topics are available as one-time, interdisciplinary learning segments — helping students across the board get through their course requirements faster.
Learning to Deal With Data
NYU Medical School's new Institute for Innovations in Medical Education considers big data and learning analytics as a vital part of the institution's educational mission. That's because in practice, doctors spend almost half their time doing information management, pointed out Marc Triola, associate dean for educational informatics, associate professor of medicine and director at the institute.
"In most cases, that means sitting in front of an electronic medical record, looking through data, ordering tests, synthesizing information about a patient and making sense of it all. And then trying to take a step back, and look at their whole panel of patients and decide what they should or shouldn't do about their practice," he explained.
As part of an 11-school consortium funded by the American Medical Association, NYU is introducing a curriculum for medical students that uses real, de-identified data from the NYU medical center and New York state public health records "to help students learn how to look at all the data, how to understand quality, how to provide safe and effective care and how to make the decisions about not just one patient but a whole panel of patients."
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Let It Be Enough
Reading, guitar playing, baking, napping, Pandora, Downton Abbey…..just a few of the things that help me keep the crazies away. It's been 38 days in the woods this time around. It's taken time and effort to build up the mental strength to be able to stay this long without a visit out, especially during winter. […]
Fresh Bagels from the North Woods
The most adorable goodbye to 2014
Northwoods version of holiday travel
Fall, you came and left too quickly
Queen Anne's Lace
I am in love with the transformation of this flower. Notice of the little things. <3 Fall stills Tall grasses sway as they whisper about flowers that will fade and fall away Flashes of amber light up the field, the trees, the sky One flower stays Once light, white, delicate Now, transformed Bound together, sturdy and […]


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"Le Week-End" is the bittersweet tale of a long-married couple who've traveled to Paris to reignite their long-dormant passion.
There's something about France that inspires belligerence in the British. It's been going on for centuries and it continues with "Le Week-End," the bittersweet (emphasis on "bitter") tale of a long-married Birmingham couple who've traveled to Paris to reignite their long-dormant passion. But despite all the romantic trappings the City of Lights offers, the only thing getting stoked are the hostilities and resentment that have festered over 30 years of underachieving weddedness.
Nick (Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent), an English professor, has just been let go for making an innocuous comment about a black student's hair, and Meg (Lindsay Duncan), a schoolteacher, is coming to the realization she'll never make headmaster. Their professional failures are nothing compared to their personal ones. He's mousy and clingy; she's cold and uncaring. And, predictably, each blames the other for their shared misery. Yet, they fool themselves into believing a long weekend in Paris, the place where they honeymooned 30 years earlier, will be the end-all cure-all. It isn't, of course. Instead, it merely accentuates their emotional flaws, beginning with their polar-opposite mindsets. Nick, given his forced early retirement, understandably wants to do Paris on the cheap. Meg, unaware that Nick has lost his job, wants to throw caution to the wind by staying in the best hotel, eating at the best restaurants and adopting a sudden hunger for adventure.
Writer Hanif Kureishi, making his fourth collaboration with director Roger Michell ("Notting Hill"), provides his two hugely talented stars plenty of vitriol to unleash on each other. And a good deal of it leaves a mark. But to what end? The combatants are blisteringly real, as are their beefs with each other, and it makes you uncomfortable. It's as if the filmmakers are stealthily allowing us to eavesdrop on a marriage that's evolved from bonding to bondage. Kureishi intensifies the squirms with observations that are remarkably astute and indicative of why so many couples in their 50s and 60s opt for divorce after the kids are gone.
And it's a good bet that it's the wife seeking the split, as is the case with Meg, who is thoroughly fed up with the humdrum routine of marriage. Still vibrant and beautiful, she longs to be free to pursue life her way and not feel guilty when a much younger Frenchman comes on to her, as is the case when she attends an extravagant dinner party at the plush Paris home of one of Nick's old cronies. But how can you root for her knowing that her happiness will likely destroy Nick, who says he clings to Meg because he knows no other woman will want him? It all comes to a head during the aforementioned soiree hosted by Jeff Goldblum's Morgan, one of Nick's proteges who has become everything Nick is not – a rich, successful author with an opulent home and a barely legal trophy wife. And Goldblum, at the top of his game, proves a master of passive aggressiveness in subtly rubbing those facts into Nick. It strips Nick of his final inkling of dignity, and like a tortured lion he finally finds the courage to roar. It's an exhilarating moment that finally sparks something other than dread in the viewer. But like a lot of "Le Week-End," it feels forced and a tad too opportune.
Yet it works, largely because of Michell's flawless direction and his two incredibly brave actors, who fearlessly take on the roles of two seemingly irredeemable narcissists and remarkably make them likable. Credit some of that to Kureishi, who livens the story with unexpected slivers of humor and adventure.
Still, despite all the film's assets, it remains a challenge to ticket-buyers who will need to ask themselves if they want to spend 90 minutes hanging with a bickering middle-aged couple.
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The nation's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers will all receive a new Northrop Grumman Corp.-developed radar system following the US Air Force's decision to authorize full-rate production of the units by the company's Radar Modernization Program (RMP). The decision, made by the assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (acting), allows Northrop Grumman to begin fabrication of the balance of radar units needed to outfit the entire fleet. Those units will be produced as the final installment of the $468 M RMP contract awarded to the company by the Air Force in December 2008.
Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long range arsenal, and one of the most survivable aircraft in the world.
"Putting this new radar on America's flight line helps ensure that the B-2 fleet is ready day or night to protect the nation's interests worldwide," said Dave Mazur, Vice President and B-2 Program Manager for Northrop Grumman. "The new radar also makes it easier for our modernization team to add additional mission capabilities to the jet in the future."
Northrop Grumman is currently producing radar units authorized under the RMP low rate initial production program, added Mazur. The company is also installing radar units in operational B-2s as part of the RMP system development and demonstration phase. The B-2 radar modernization program replaces the aircraft's original radar system with one that incorporates technology improvements that have occurred since the B-2 was originally designed in the early 1980s. Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA, developed the new radar hardware under contract to Northrop Grumman. The units include a new advanced electronically scanned array antenna, a power supply and a modified receiver/exciter.


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During the '80s the top-down shooter was a staple of arcades. Manufacturers slapped plenty of eight-way joysticks onto arcade cabinets so gamers could get their fix - which usually involved piloting a ship through space or blasting away at aliens and asteroids. Perhaps that's why Capcom's 19xx series stood out. It played it safe with a fan-favorite genre - the first entry, 1942, was a top-down shooter. However, it experimented with conventions. Instead of futuristic outer space, 1942 dipped back into history, putting the player in the middle of World War II. Instead of a spacecraft as the vehicle of choice, Capcom threw players into the cockpit of a fighter plane.
That simple historical twist on a familiar arcade genre resulted in an instant classic for Capcom. The company put out five more entries over the next sixteen years (tweaking gameplay mechanics here-and-there) and ended the series in 2000. Now, gamers have a chance to relive the original game in downloadable form. 1942: Joint Strike carries a small price tag ($10) and faithfully updates the classic twitch-based gameplay of the original with a few bonuses (both in graphics and multiplayer) that should please fans and newcomers alike.
The 19xx series has never been big on story - you're just one man against an entire army of fighter planes - and Joint Strike continues this tradition. You're thrown into the action and expected to know what to do. This idea begins to make sense as soon as the first set of planes comes near you; you quickly realize it's kill or be killed.
To take on wave-after-wave of enemy craft (which includes fighter planes, battleships, tanks, and helicopters), you've got your main weapon: a standard machine gun. This can be upgraded by picking up power-ups that change it into everything from a rocket launcher to a laser turret. Collecting sequential weapon power-ups widens its spread and increases your firepower. Charge shots can be performed by holding down the fire button for an extended period of time and then releasing it. However, these shots only have one charge level; you can't build up to higher, more powerful blasts. If you want rapid fire, tough luck. Joint Strike is meant to play like an old school arcade cabinet, so you have to continually hammer down the fire button; there's no ability to simply hold down fire and rest your poor finger.
Even those with the itchiest of trigger fingers are going to run into a jam - sometimes the screen fills with so many enemies it can be overwhelming. But hey, that's what bombs are for. You start each life with three, and a simple tap of the bomb button unleashes an explosion that helps clear the screen. The other powerful attack you have in your arsenal is the joint strike. You can store up to eight of these attacks, which dishes out a torrent of missiles at unsuspecting enemies. The joint strike meter can be refilled and is weighted toward offensive players - the quicker you kill more enemies, the faster it refills.
Each of the five stages in Joint Strike follows the same pattern: you try to survive waves of attackers and make it to the final boss. Once the boss is beaten, you're cleared for the next stage. To keep you from hanging near the back of the screen (and removed from the action), the developers instituted a multiplier mechanic. The closer you get to an enemy before you destroy it, the higher your multiplier. Multipliers (which go up to 16) give your score a boost. For example, if destroying a certain plane type normally nets 500 points, getting a 16 multiplier from it turns it into a 8,000 point kill.
The multiplier concept reinforces Joint Strike's arcade roots: this is a game all about high scores. You can pick up medals during flight to net points and every level has rankings based on time completion and play style that - you guessed it - reward you with more points. Persistent online leaderboards bring the high score mentality home as well.
Besides an obsession with high scores, Joint Strike has one other thing in common with its predecessors: its difficulty. This is one hard game, but it's never unfair. Like most top-down shooters, the main gamer characteristic being tested is your reflexes. However, reflexes alone aren't enough - they need to be combined with a memorization of enemy and boss patterns.
The majority of players - even on easy - won't beat the game on their first or second try. To help curb the steep difficulty there are four levels of play to choose from, ranging from easy (Penguin) to very hard (Wing King). Starting a game on Penguin will give you nine lives, while embarking on a Wing King mission will test your skill by giving you just a single life. Oh, and lives are important for beginners because the game has no continues. Die and it's back to the beginning.
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I was lucky enough to be in Israel recently and to visit a beautiful nature reserve where several of the 7 species were growing. The pomegranates with their unusual and exotic red bulb-like appearance caught my attention because they are truly magnificent looking. Next week, many of us will be eating this amazing fruit at our Rosh Hashanah tables; however, year-round in the United States, you can't walk into a regular store without being confronted with bottles and containers in different shapes and sizes filled with various concoctions of pomegranate juice. Whilst it can be tempting to buy these products, especially on a hot day, you might as well hold off for the real deal—natural, in-season, and fresh pomegranates.
Because of its numerous health benefits, pomegranate juice is one of the most heart-healthy fruit juices. Pomegranate juice is an excellent source of vitamin C. In addition, pomegranate juice is rich in polyphenols, a type of antioxidant found in various other foods including blueberries, cranberries, and other fruits and vegetables. Some studies in humans have shown that pomegranate juice has significant antioxidant, antihypertensive, and anti-inflammatory effects. The role of oxidative stress and inflammation in human health and disease, and the protective effects of dietary antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds is the subject of ongoing research. In the meantime, including some pomegranate juice in your diet from time to time is highly recommended.
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Discussion in 'Ruffit's Domestic & Wild Game Cooking/ Recipe Foru' started by steve4102, Nov 14, 2012.
Nice racks, errr links !! Making me hungry Steve!
Deer never looked better
That's the way I see deer but I see also them roasted with potatos & carrots and gravy.
I recently converted my V roasts to canned V Stew. WOW, Some Venison a little beef chuck, potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, a little stock some salt and 90 min in the pressure caner and out pops the best stew I have ever tasted.
I canned 14 qts so far in the past two weeks and I only have 6 left. Every time I turn around there is another empty canning jar in the DW. Seems like it's all my boys are eating lately.
Some stew.
25lbs of Venison Heidelburger (spelling).
Looks and sounds delicious Steve !
makes me wish i could hunt again
Tastes just as good with beef and pork.
this is probably true. but when i hunted i was with a group of 10- 15 guys and a couple of women. for me it wasn't about the kill. it was sharing all the stories we had to tell and being with each other.
now they are all dead and the 1000 acres we hunted is full of homes


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When other blooms are past their prime, looks to these fall flowers that attract butterflies to keep your garden alive with color.
"By the time summer's finale fizzles and lovingly tended garden plants fade, many avid gardeners are ready to throw in the trowel. But there are many plants well beyond traditional garden mums that save their best for last. By adding a few of these "late bloomers" to your garden, you'll extend the flowering season, plus beautify your backyard by attracting butterflies!"
"Although we see butterflies mostly in the spring and summer, it's important to remember that many still have a very strong need for nectar sources in the fall."
"Monarchs, for example, migrate thousands of miles and need good nectar sources along the way to successfully arrive at their overwintering sites in Mexico and southern California."
- Long bloomers like lantana and salvia are great for attracting fall butterflies.
- Fall-blooming asters are perfect for attracting butterflies when other blooms have faded.
- Even butterflies that don't migrate could use extra nourishment in fall.
"Many other butterflies overwinter in various life stages," Celia says. "Some overwinter as eggs, and the adults that lay them need that extra nutritional boost at the end of the season to produce large numbers of healthy eggs that can withstand the winter. Late-blooming flowers, or even a second round of summer nectar plants, help these butterflies get a boost."
"Many flowers produce nectar, which adult butterflies feed on, but some do a better job than others of attracting them. For my garden, I try to stick with plants that have orange, red, purple, yellow and pink blossoms. When selecting plants, remember that bigger isn't always better. Short-tubed flowers that grow in clusters—like lantana, sedum and pentas—are particularly effective because it's easy for the butterflies to reach the nectar. Plus, an oversized hibiscus flower actually yields less nectar than many diminutive blossoms. For the best results, plant butterfly-friendly flowers in groups. These insects prefer a healthy stand of flowers where they can linger over a meal rather than flit from one solitary specimen to another."
- Fortunately, there are many flowers that attract butterflies and suitable for almost any garden. Here are a few:
Sedums. These easy-to-grow plants actually prefer poor gravelly soils in a sunny spot with good drainage. Many species are available, and depending on where you live, they can be annuals, evergreens, semi-evergreens or hardy. The name of one of the top picks, Autumn Joy, says it all.
Pink and purple asters. These plants can reach heights of 24 to 60 inches, but shearing in late May will produce a pleasing, compact mound with loads of daisy-like blooms. Depending on species and location, asters can be annuals, perennials or biennials.
Salvia. This group of perennials and annuals bloom until the first hard frost. There are lots of species to choose from, and all produce long tubular blossoms that attract swallowtails, fritillaries and other butterflies with long proboscises needed to extract the nectar.
Lantana. Clusters of these small tubular flowers are a favorite of butterflies. They're often grown as annuals in colder regions, and will begin blooming in summer and last well into fall until there's a killing frost. In milder regions, lantana may grow into a shrub that's 6 feet tall.
Penta. These plants are not hardy to Canadian or American winters in most areas, but are annuals that butterflies love. The clusters of star-shaped flowers are often seen in brilliant red and are perfect for growing in beds, borders and even containers on a patio.
Dark Night Bluebeard. In fall, this deciduous shrub, botanically known as Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Night,' produces clusters of gorgeous deep-blue flowers set off by silvery-green foliage. It grows 3 to 4 feet tall, with a similar spread, and is hardy in Zones 5 to 9. Once established, it's drought-tolerant, too.
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Following World War II, New Hampshire embarked on an extensive program of constructing new highways and improving existing roads to accommodate explosive growth in passenger vehicles and the need for better infrastructure to accommodate commercial traffic. Hundreds of millions in federal, state, and local tax dollars would be expended on this initiative over the second half of the 20th century and road construction would become an enduring part of the state's economy. Decisions about when and where highway projects would be undertaken were often driven by political considerations as well as by policy dictated from Washington. Frequently, choices not to build or improve certain roads would generate as much conflict and controversy as would the proposals that would eventually be implemented. Either way, decisions about highways would come to have profound and lasting impacts upon communities and entire regions of the state. In this program, Steve Taylor reviews some of New Hampshire's most significant highway choices in the 20th century, followed by discussion of the economic, social, and cultural changes that followed decisions to build or not to build.


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Year: 1993
Duration: 1h 31min
IMDb: 6.0
Country: USA
Actors: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine, Alex Datcher, Peter Jason, Molly Cheek, Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, David Naughton, George 'Buck' Flower, Lucy Boryer, Roger Rooks, Stacy Keach, David Warner
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"Companies that are not adequately engaged in industrial engineering are like houses build on sand.
At Toyota we have a saying: IE makes money"
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'Industrial Engineer' is synonymous with Systems Integrator - a big-picture thinker, in other words. It's an employee who takes what exists today and conceptualizes what should exist in the future. Many people are misled by the term "Industrial Engineer." The word 'Industrial" does not mean just manufacturing. It encompasses wide span of industries ranging from FMCG, IT & System, Consultancy, Banking & Financial Institution and to Telecom.
With era of management growing from Scientific Principles to Strategic Concept companies adopt management philosophies of continuous productivity and quality improvement to survive in the increasingly competitive world market, the need for Industrial Engineers is growing….
NITIE: 50 Years of Industrial Excellence
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) was set up by the Govt. of India in 1963 with the assistance of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through the International Labor Organization (ILO). For over four decades, students of NITIE have been instrumental in providing solutions to complex Industrial and Business problems, taking cognizance of ever changing needs of the dynamic business environment.
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The most distinctive aspect of the PGDIE programme is its breadth. The programme covers a variety of courses covering the areas of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, IT and Systems, Marketing Management, Finance and Human Resources Management. The pedagogic approach includes regular industry interaction and method based teaching with present and future scenarios in view. The students go through a rigorous academic schedule and learn through most modern infrastructure and tools. The emphasis of the curriculum is on developing an all round personality that stands any challenge in the corporate world. The case studies, presentations, industry projects and co-curricular activities add to first hand experience and learning.


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Glad you and your family are ok Brad. We're doing all we can here in Airdrie for Ft Mac evacuees.Thanks for the concern guys! I made it out, and am currently staying in Calgary.
It was a tense time, but I didn't have it nearly as bad as some. I had friends stuck on the highway, for a couple days. I've had friends lose their homes. Mine is still there, and hopefully will stay that way. I was made very comfortable by one of the oil sands company's camps. The staff there did their very best for us. I must say it was strange seeing all the animals running around a work camp.
Shell Canada took in my brother, his 1 year old daughter and wife, fed them, fuelled their car, and got them on one of their jets, to be evacuated out to Edmonton. If you watch the news, nobody seems to point out that all the people who were trapped north of the city were completely dependant and cared for by the oil companies, even before the province called a state of emergency.
Also, regular Albertans were the ones driving up the highway with fuel water diapers, whatever was needed to help out the stranded motorists. I am grateful to the first responders who were and are still up there, giving it hell, fighting for our homes. Words can't express the feelings you get, when you see everyone banding together, helping their fellow man. Alberta has a real pioneer spirit, which shines during situations such as this.
I can't count the phone calls and text messages offering help, places to stay, whatever I need. It's been a humbling experience. I can't help but feel guilty, knowing I am relatively unharmed, when so many have lost everything. In addition to losing homes, most people have also lost their means to earn a living, probably for months. I am in the process of trying to find a way back in to volunteer for my city. So I may be offline for a while again.
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FastFlow – The new High-Speed Handling for Viscom AOI
Hanover, June 2014 – In modern electronics manufacturing, short cycle times with no quality loss plays a critical role in increasing productivity. The new FastFlow concept from Viscom takes this demand into account. The high-speed transport optimizes throughput and shortens cycle time.
Currently, this new transport is available for the S3088 family of inspection systems (e. g. S3088 SPI, S3088 flex, S3088 ultra). Due to synchronous input/output of electronic assemblies, the high-speed transport facilitates trouble-free and extremely fast changeovers in as little as two seconds. Even extreme cycle time requirements can be fulfilled effortlessly. As an additional benefit, the XM 3D sensor module provides cycle times at extremely high inspection depths, giving results previously unattainable for many.
Viscom AOI systems are primarily distinguished by extremely high flexibility and inspection depth. Depending on the requirements, different sensor modules are used – from orthogonal views through angled views, including up to high-precision 3D analysis. The easy, intuitive operation with EasyPro and vVision software ensures an AOI process that optimally supports the system's performance capabilities.
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Singer/songwriter Colin Hay may still be best known for the hits he penned with Aussie pop/rock band Men at Work back in the early MTV days -- songs like "Who Can It Be Now?" "Down Under," and "Overkill." But what you may or may not know is that Hay has been living in Los Angeles since 1988 and has had a nice, if slightly under-the-radar, career. He's released a few solo records, and also earned cool points with a song on the acclaimed "Garden State" soundtrack a few years ago. He also has had placements on "Scrubs." We had a chance to speak with Hay recently about his forthcoming album, American Sunshine, on Nashville-based Compass Records.
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CH: Well, because of the name Bullz-Eye.
BE: Ahh, gotcha. No, we are a very large online men's magazine geared toward 18 to 34-year-old guys. It's a lot of babes and sports and movies and stuff like that. The babes tend to drive a lot of people to our site.
CH: Well, that's what drives a lot of people (laughs).
BE: Yes, exactly! So this is your third album on Compass?
CH: I guess, kind of. I made a record called Man at Work. And then they re-released an album called Going Somewhere, in 2005, which had originally come out in 2000. And then they released Are You Looking at Me? in 2007. So I guess technically they've released four, and they're releasing basically all of my solo albums except for the two that I don't have control over, which were the first two in the '80s.
BE: So is this your first official studio release with them?
CH: No, it's the second, really.
BE: What do you feel is different about this one?
CH: It's better (laughs). More better.
BE: Do you feel you've evolved as a songwriter then?
CH: Hopefully you just get better at whatever it is that you do, no matter what that is. Hopefully each record gets better. I think this is a step forward overall. I mean, I don't think it's got so much to do with the time that goes by. Like I'd put a song like "Overkill" up there with anything that I've done as far as a song goes. But I think that overall, you hopefully get better over time. It's a tricky thing, because if you have a lot of success early on, like we did (with Men at Work), people tend to associate you with that, which is natural. But I don't really pay that much attention to what people say so much -- I get a really good gauge of a record when I'm doing it, and when I've finished it. I either like it or I don't, and then you play it for people who played on it, or for friends, and that's the truth for me. People either like it or they don't.
BE: I'm curious since I live in Nashville and I'm familiar with the songwriting community, and I read in your bio about how you had to scramble to find more songs with these Nashville cats that were prolific in their playing, and how you went back to your hotel to find more songs to record on the spot. Did you have those songs all written before, or did you have ideas that you had to just flesh out?
CH: I had both. I had three or four songs that I had done, but the musicians were so good that we did those songs in the first day. I went back to the hotel and I had a little mini-disc with some songs -- for a couple of them, the music was done but I hadn't finished the lyrics for them, and then a couple of them were musical ideas that weren't quite finished either. So I finished three or four songs that night, which was pretty good for me. And they turned out really good. And I went in the next day pretending that I had these songs all along.
BE: Right (laughs)
CH: It was quite exciting recording in Nashville for those two days.
BE: It's amazing, isn't it? I remember doing a co-write here, and the guy I wrote with had a publishing deal with Sony so he had access to their studio, and I went in with him when they tracked our song. They learned the song and cut it in about five minutes. It's just amazing.
CH: Yeah, there you go. (laughs)
BE: So did you do any co-writing in Nashville for this album?
CH: No. I finished a song here that was written by Hillary Lindsey, who is a Nashville writer. I met her briefly in Santa Barbara at a songwriting conference. She had this song she thought would be good for me and she played it for me, or what she had of it. I really liked it, which was good and also unusual for me.
BE: And you recorded that one?
CH: Yeah, it's called "I Can't Get Up Out of This Bed."
BE: Okay, cool. The one that I thought was my favorite was "There's Water Over You."
CH: Yeah, I like that one too.
BE: Now have you played any of these songs at your shows?
CH: I have, yes.
BE: And which ones have gone over the best?
CH: Well, it's difficult to tell. The audiences take them all and they like them all. They really like "Oh California," and they like "I Came Into Your Store," and they also like "There's Water Over You." There's quite a few that they like. When people hear a song for the first time -- that's one of the exciting things about the few gigs we've done so far, is we have had a lot of songs to choose from, so we're still kind of experimenting with what we play and where we play it.
BE: And what do you hope to accomplish with this record?
CH: Oh, massive, huge, heaving success, like I always hope for.
BE: Right on!
BE: You've been in L.A. for 20 years now. What made you decide to move to the states, and what made you decide you wanted to stay here, and in L.A.?
CH: Well it wasn't really a conscious decision to move to the states initially. I came here because I had a record deal with MCA Records in the late '80s. I used to be on Columbia but got off Columbia and went to MCA, which was in retrospect not a particularly smart idea, but at the time it seemed like the thing to do. So I came here in 1988, because they suggested that I meet the record company and say hello and hang out and stuff like that. So I came over here, and I ended up making the record here. And then things were pointing away from Australia at that particular time, so I just stayed. And I'm still here, really. I like it -- I like Los Angeles.
BE: Do you miss Australia much?
CH: Well, I go there often. So it's not like I don't ever go there. I'm there a couple times a year at least. So whenever I start to miss it, I find myself on a plane going there.
BE: It's awesome that you have been selling out shows the way you have. Do you attribute that to your constant touring and work ethic?
CH: I think it's a combination of tenacity and (having songs on) "Scrubs."
BE: Right, and you also had a song on the "Garden State" soundtrack.
CH: Yeah, and constant touring. I've been touring for the last 15 years and it's been building and building over the years. But with "Scrubs" and having some other songs on television has certainly helped.
BE: Right, as well as Men at Work.
CH: Yeah, but the Men at Work thing doesn't really get people out of the house by itself. Because it's not Men At Work, you know what I mean? If it said Men at Work, you'd get a certain kind of person that would come out. The people that come and see me play, there has to be something else. Maybe there are some people that want to hear Men at Work songs, and that's cool. There's nothing wrong with that. But for the last decade or so, the people that come to see me tend to not mind the Men at Work songs, but they tend to want to hear new things.
BE: Sure, so do you have more of a younger fan base too because of "Scrubs" and stuff like that?
CH: Yeah, and that's been very rewarding, you know? It's also crucial in some ways because those are the people who go out. The people in their 40s don't go out anymore because they have kids. To have an audience that's primarily in their 20s has been fantastic.
BE: Very cool. So what's your favorite American city to tour in and what is your least favorite?
CH: Well, the least favorite I don't tend to really think about because I tend to forget them when I'm leaving. Every place has something that's good about it. I like lots of places for different reasons. I like the Northwest a lot and the Northeast as well. I like Portland and all those hippie towns. Seattle's great, and I love Chicago and New York.
BE: Who are your main influences as a songwriter?
CH: Well, apart from the Beatles, really -- probably Randy Newman. He's my favorite.
BE: That's a good one, maybe an underrated songwriter. So are you able to find Vegemite in the states, or do you not need to if you're going back home often?
CH: Well, if you really want it, you can find anything in the states. But it's not something I go out of my way to find. And I don't eat it except for when I'm in Australia.
BE: What are your favorite American type foods that you can't find over there?
CH: I never look for anything over there that's from here (laughs).
BE: And lastly, has there been any talk of a Men at Work reunion?
CH: Well, I guess some people might talk about it, but I don't talk about it much (laughs).
BE: You seem to be having a pretty successful solo career, so I guess there's not much need for a reunion?
CH: No, and it wasn't really much fun at the time. I mean toward the end it wasn't. It's not something I'm even particularly against, but I know the people. I know the people who were in the band, and to say, "What about a reunion?" I say go talk to those people, and then get back to me.
BE: So are they all still playing music?
CH: Ah, I have no idea.
BE: Well that's about it. I wish you a lot of success with the record.
CH: Thanks man.
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A roundup of news clippings we're reading that affect the way we eat.
House and Senate Propose Farm Bills
This week, the House and Senate released their respective drafts of the Farm Bill. The Bill was scheduled to be passed in September, but the two Agriculture Committees couldn't reach an agreement. The new drafts are not quite compatible—the Senate version is 1,102 pages with $23 billion in budget cuts and the House version is 576 pages with $40 billion in budget cuts. The Senate Agricultural Committee approved their version of the bill in a 15 to 5 vote; the House Agricultural Committee will hold the same vote on their bill on Wednesday. For more details on the bills and their proceedings, check out Food Politics.
Proposed Cuts to SNAP Program
About 80% of the Farm Bill's cost to taxpayers is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps. The program spends $80 billion each year on over 47 million participants. In the Senate Agriculture Committee's proposed Farm Bill, there are $4 billion in cuts to the SNAP program over the next 10 years. That could mean $90 less per month for hundreds of thousands of families receiving benefits. The Bill also includes heft stipulations to eliminate benefit fraud and ensure only qualified applicants receive benefits.
Supreme Court Decision Favors Monsanto
The Supreme Court passed a ruling in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., a case that many in the agricultural community have been watching closely for several months. Hugh Bowman, a farmer from Indiana, was sued by Monsanto for re-planting patented seeds. He appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court, who ruled unanimously in favor of Monsanto on May 13th. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion, which stated that Bowman couldn't replant and harvest patented seeds without the patenter's permission. The case further solidifies Monsanto's control of the seed market.
Food Reforms Halted in Congress
Two food reforms that have been floating around the Hill for several months—and that we've covered on this site—are being slowly shut out of political debate, according to The Salt. One is a piece of legislation that would set standards for living conditions of egg-laying hens. The legislation is a collaboration between the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers, an industry group. Another is President Obama's plan to reform America's food aid program. His plan would increase the efficacy of food aid distribution abroad and increase the amount of food aid being bought from local farmers. Neither item made it into the drafts of the Farm Bill produced by the House and Senate Ag Committees.
FDA Considering Caffeine Regulation
The FDA announced plans to investigate better regulation of the sale and consumption of caffeine. The agency is particularly interested in looking at the safety of caffeine consumption for children and young adults. This announcement came in the same week that Wrigley's pulled plans for its caffeinated gum after FDA reluctance to approve the product. Michael Taylor, the head of the FDA, said that setting a minimum age for caffeine consumption is not in the plans, but that the agency will set boundaries on consumption "if the science indicates that it is warranted."
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LC: The most publicized of your works is Taxodus, a online game for tax evasion. At the time, you made the game as a way to materialize and map out what you call "a geography of avoidance"—a study of the obfuscatory strategies used by the finance industry that emphasizes their reshaping of space, place and nationhood. Is the game a realistic simulation? Is it important that it is realistic? Might it also be a valuable tool for people who work in finance?
FH: In Taxodus players are "acting" on behalf of multinationals and have to dodge paying as much tax as they can. By setting up intermediate holdings globally, players reveal potential routes through which multinationals in reality can "neutralize" their tax burdens. Players that escape the most tax rank high in the high scores.
The data in the game—national corporate tax rates, withholding taxes and treaties from countries worldwide—is realistic but the mechanisms to set up companies and calculate income and tax are simplified. In reality there are many more parameters involved on a corporate, national and international level; it would be impossible to incorporate them all in a game. I know some big accountancy firms have tried to develop software that basically cough up a fiscal advice, but it failed because it was too complex and expensive. In reality, fiscal structures are highly customized per company and it seems impossible to make a 1:1 simulation of this tax planning industry.


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Debunking the Myth: Has the Big East Really Been a Dominant Conference Recently?Posted by EJacoby on February 17th, 2012
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We all know that the future of the Big East conference is going to look much different than as is currently constructed. West Virginia is headed to the Big 12 next season, and Syracuse and Pittsburgh will be on their way out to the ACC within the next two years. This league that in recent years has been known as the most dominant basketball conference will have much more competition for that title in the near future. But even this year, fully intact with the same 16 teams from which 11 qualified for the Big Dance last year, the league is not a shoo-in for the top conference. The Big East only has four NCAA Tournament locks right now, with five or six teams middling on the bubble. Which is more of an aberration – this year's average play or the past few years of perceived dominance?
There are plenty of metrics to use when attempting to determine the best conference during a season. One could look at conference RPI to determine the strength of the league during the regular season, but that treats every team equally so a couple of bad teams at the bottom of a 16-team league could weight down the conference significantly. Conference RPI also does not reflect postseason success. Amount of future NBA draft picks could tell us a lot, but that doesn't necessarily reflect anything at the college level equating to program success. For the purpose of measuring a conference's success from year-to-year, we're going to look at the number of postseason bids they received and how well those teams performed in the bracket.


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I haven't wanted to face this time for a few years. I put it off because I knew in the back of my mind what it would entail. I remember back to 2006, the last time I took an extended break from cyclosporine therapy: my psoriasis broke out uncontrollably during those six months. I tried to use Soriatane and narrowband ultraviolet (NUVB) light to stem the outbreak, but to no avail. My palms and soles peeled as a side effect of the Soriatane. For reasons unknown to me, I kept burning in the light box. By the end of those six months, I cried out to my dermatologist to put me back on cyclosporine. After he granted my wish, I vowed to stay on cyclosporine as long as I possibly could.
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Almost a month later, I am noticing the effects of stopping cyclosporine, especially on my hands and feet. My palms have signature thick, red sores and the back of my hands have broken out with rough, itchy skin that produces little oozing pustules. The ooze is clear, and familiar, so I'm not too worried. But the itchiness kept me up a couple nights last week. My feet are similarly breaking out. My scalp is thickening up as well. Snow flurries in May? Maybe not outside, but on my desk, clothes, and laptop, yes. I work with the public, so shaking hands and wearing dark suits exposes the psoriasis more than I feel comfortable.
While I do experience some discomfort from the aforementioned areas of outbreak, I fear the worst is yet to come. I don't like to say the sky is falling, but I've been down this road many times before. The only medication that has ever stopped me from careening into widespread psoriatic coverage on my skin is cyclosporine.
And yet I am hopeful that fear and psoriasis can be overcome. I'm trying to share about my situation with my friends and colleagues as much as possible so I have a measure of emotional support. I am also willing to use more potent topical medications for the short term. Summer is coming, which means sunbathing in my backyard. Not completely private, but almost. Finally, my overall mental outlook is better than before. I have a lot going on, but I'm trying to enjoy life more than in the past.
Are you in the process of switching or stopping therapies for your psoriasis? If so, I'd love to hear your story of how you are doing.
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